Basically, you call my Bash Script by typing
mybashscript in console. Then this starts:
Welcome to mybashcript! Choose an option (login|logout|view|erase|quit|):
The user then types whichever input they want, which then activates a Python Script further down in each option's respective if tree.
What I'm wondering is, how can I make it so the user only has to type (if they've used the program before) something like
mybashscript login or
So whatever word is added after the name of the Bash script is then taken as the first input in the script itself. Is this possible?
Here is my script so far, I don't exactly understand how to incorporate $1 without also letting it ask if there isn't an argument.
#!/bin/bash echo -n "Hello $USER, welcome to the guestbook! Choose an option (sign|view|save|erase): " read option if [ "$option" == "sign" ]; then python /usr/local/bin/guestbook.data/sign_guestbook.py elif [ "$option" == "view" ]; then python /usr/local/bin/guestbook.data/view_guestbook.py elif [ "$option" == "save" ]; then python /usr/local/bin/guestbook.data/save_guestbook.py elif [ "$option" == "erase" ]; then python /usr/local/bin/guestbook.data/erase_guestbook.py else echo "Sorry, I didn't understand that." fi